Apparently, while everyone was gushing over the Steam Deck, the GPD Win 4 was announced. And apparently is more powerful.
@xianc78 i'd be surprised if this has good cooling based on the size of the device. you'll likely have to underclock stuff, especially if you're playing it portably. i know a bunch of other handheld systems have had problems with dissipating heat so your hands get really warm and sweaty, that's why the Deck specifically routes it away from the hands with its extra size.
the battery is only 5Wh higher than the Deck's, so i think it's pretty safe to say that is going to be its limiting factor. idk if watt hours have a linear scale or not but if they do, that's about a 12% increase in battery capacity going up against, what, a 30-40% difference in power? if the steam deck can only last like 90 minutes playing a AAA game pushing itself, i can't imagine this thing doing any better.
it will also of course be much more expensive. there's no way this will have a competing price point. the GPD win 3 was $1,000+. you're really paying a premium for a chinese product that uses comic sans on their website. it packs a lot more power, but i think that power will pack more problems with it.
@xianc78 I think there is a reason why it only really blew up with the deck. It's affordable while also being high quality from a company everybody knows. GPD has been around for a while but their stuff was either too expensive or had weird compromises/issues.
I do want to get a deck but I barely play anything away from my pc as-is so I don't think it would be a good purchase for me.
@beardalaxy The only thing that's keeping my away from the Deck is that I haven't touched Steam in years.
Shocking, I know!
@xianc78 at least you can still install other stuff. Steam Proton is fucking great though.
@beardalaxy I'm not saying that it would be better, but competition is always a good thing. I just really hope that handheld gaming PCs will fill the gap that dedicated handhelds have left behind.